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Historic World Record! China Storms to Gold Medal in Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay in Swimming at Tokyo Olympics; US and Australia Finish on the Podium

by Saivee Phatak
July 29, 2021
in Sports News
China in disbelief as they break the 4x200m freestyle relay world record; swimming at Tokyo Olympics

China in disbelief as they break the 4x200m freestyle relay world record

In what is turning out to be an exciting day in the pool, China has created history in swimming at Tokyo Olympics, shocking the world with a spectacular performance in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay. Not only did they win gold, the team also broke the existing 4x200m freestyle relay world record by over 1 second, leaving US and Australia far behind.

China started off in lane 3, and dominated from the very beginning, not letting any team overtake them. Junxuan Yang took to the pool first, and swam what is now the fastest time of the race that helped them win a world record, 1:54.37s. Muhan Tang was quick to get in after her, and finished her 200m with a time of 1:55.00s.

Yufei Zhang, the 200m butterfly gold medallist, went in third, and swam a time of 1:55.66s. Finally, Bingjie Li, women’s Women’s 400m freestyle bronze medallist brought it home for China with a time of 1:55.30s. The Chinese women were in disbelief, as they had not only won gold, but also broken the 4x200m freestyle relay world record and Olympic record.

USA took second, with Allison Schmitt starting things off for the Americans, finishing with a split time of 1:56.34s. Paige Madden went in next and delivered a solid performance as Kathryn McLoughlin took to the water next. Katie Ledecky was in last, and finished things off for US in style, making up ground and helping the team win a silver medal.

The Australians started off in the fastest lane, with double Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus swimming first and registering an excellent time of 1:54.51s. Triple Olympic medallist Emma McKeon went next, and swam the 200m in 1:55.31s. Madison Wilson went in third while Leah Neale went last, as Australia clinched the bronze medal with a time of 7:41.29s.

Swimming at Tokyo Olympics: China creates history; twitter reacts

China in disbelief as they break the 4x200m freestyle relay world record; Australia celebrate in swimming at tokyo olympics
China in disbelief as they break the 4x200m freestyle relay world record; Australia celebrate

China’s win sent waves among the world, with a sensational performance that broke the world record.

WORLD RECORD!#CHN swim a sensational 7:40.33 to win gold in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay!@fina1908 #Swimming pic.twitter.com/a2niUEKQxp

— Olympics (@Olympics) July 29, 2021

Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei, and Li Bingjie won women's 4x200m freestyle relay gold at #TokyoOlympics, breaking world record. #TeamChina pic.twitter.com/TsqiyKVQYl

— Sports China (@PDChinaSports) July 29, 2021

Great team work!!
🥇#CHN claim a gold medal and a new WORLD RECORD in the Women's 4×200 Freestyle Relay!
🥈#USA
🥉#AUS

Full results 👉https://t.co/JpPXmUdhvz pic.twitter.com/FALmNEC285

— FINA (@fina1908) July 29, 2021

China broke the 4x200m freestyle relay world record and the Olympic record.

Congratulations to Yang Junyu, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei and Li Bingjie on winning the gold medal🥇 in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay! They created a new world record!🎉🏊🏻‍♀️
The 14th gold medal of the Team China!🇨🇳#gold #Olympics #OlympicGames #Tokyo2020 #CHN https://t.co/mRDJf5iZnI

— ShanghaiPanda (@thinking_panda) July 29, 2021

Also read: Olympic Record! Caeleb Dressel Delivers in an Exciting Finish against Kyle Chalmers in Men’s 100m

Saivee Phatak

Saivee Phatak

Saivee is an avid follower of F1, golf, athletics and pretty much any other sport she can watch. Being a sportsperson herself, her passion for sports is deep rooted. A student currently residing in Pune, she hopes to learn something new about sports everyday!

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